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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Happy New Year's Eve my friends!I've been pretty busy this Christmas season filling custom sign orders for a bunch of my friends,as well as celebrating with my loved ones.But I wanted to take a moment to wish you all a most wonderful 2015!

Monday, December 15, 2014

I always decorate the wall in my dining room for the holidays.This year, I began with a large chalkboard I had made out of a mirror frame.From that, my dining room wall became a Christmas Gallery Wall!

Thursday, December 4, 2014

A few weekends ago, I had a craft show in my hometown.It was amazing and I nearly sold out.It was a 3-day show, so on the morning of the 2nd day,I was desperately looking through my stuff to figure outwhat I could quickly make to restock my booth a bit.I came up with this wooden angel.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

I pulled this shovel out of the trash pile at work.Who throws away a teal shovel??Well, the guys I work with do.I suppose they didn't see any use for it anymore since it's no good for shoveling.But I think it makes a pretty snazzy winter sign!

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

I got so busy last weekend making signs and Christmas stufffor a show this weekend that I forgot to use my time wiselyand take pictures during the daylight hours!One thing that definitely stinks about setting our clocks backis that it's dark out when I get home from work in the evenings.But I did manage to snap a few pictures of this signin the 20 minutes of light before I had to leave for work this morning!

Thursday, October 16, 2014

I took some pretty nice photos of my kids a few weeks back andthought a nice, rustic frame would be the perfect accompaniment for the 8x10 I had printed.Using wood from a crate, I made a great little frame for my living room!

Thursday, October 9, 2014

I've had this wonderful piece of salvaged woodin my garage for a few years now.I had a few in things in mind for it but they never seemedto work out quite right when it came time to use this piece.Guess it's just been waiting for me to find the right match for it.And I found that match when I picked up an old brown finial.Now it's a gorgeous backdrop for wall hooks!

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

This dry sink was nothing special. Just your standard assembly-required piece of furniture with a very dark finish. Because of it's original dark look, I planned on painting it white and distressing the edges. But things took a turn for the better. ( I think anyway!)

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

School starts for my two kiddos next week. Hard to believe the summer is over but Autumn is always a beautiful time of year. I'm looking forward to it.To celebrate the start of the school year, I made a little chalkboard printable I'm sharing with you today!

Monday, August 25, 2014

This week I'm taking my kids to meet their teachers for the new school year. They're excited and, frankly, so am I, although it's hard to believe I will have a 4th grader. Makes me feel a tiny bit on the old side!With the start of school, comes thoughts of fall: sweaters, warm drinks with friends on a cool night, movies under a blanket. And, most of all, beautiful autumn colors!To get in the mood, I've complied a collection of some past fall projects for you to take a look at today.

Monday, August 18, 2014

I don't know about you, but I love hooks! There's never enough places to hang bags, backpacks, coats and hats in my house! Even with hooks readily available, the kids love to come home from school and just drop everything on the floor. Is it just me or do you have that problem, too? I'm thinking it's universal with kids everywhere!

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

I'm always picking up various odds and ends at the thrift store. One corner of my house is actually overrun by all the junk I find. I figured I'd better start using some of it or I might as well just call myself a hoarder and be done with it! This project used only one little piece from my stash, a wooden bowl. But hey, at least it's a start!

Monday, August 11, 2014

Well hello everyone! It's been forever since I've put out a post and I've sincerely missed interacting with you! I had some changes happen in my life and needed a little time. Then I got preoccupied and couldn't get back into the groove of blogging. I'm seriously hoping to change that now!

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Salvaged wood is one of my favorite things. I found this piece some time ago. But, when I didn't have much energy to create projects these last few weeks, I figured the least I could do was pull out this beauty and make a hook board!

Friday, March 14, 2014

Since I picked up this old porch light at a rummage sale last summer, I've always thought it would make the perfect birdhouse. Well, now it's transformed but not quite into a birdhouse. It's a pretty piece of indoor spring decor instead!

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Welcome to On a Whim! I love to create pretty things out of just about whatever I can find and share them with you on my blog. I hope you enjoy looking at my projects and reading about some of my thrifty adventures!